The entire North Caucasus is hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, and the total number of people who were relocated by the Seven Khanates and Chen Han is only 30,000 or 20,000.

A small herdsman like Damuddin, who has limited vision and can only see his own interests, certainly hopes that the days of such free grazing can be longer. In this way, he can drive his flock, cattle and horses to walk anywhere, without thinking about whether this is his own pasture, and he does not need to think about whose land he passes by, as long as the land he can see with his eyes, it is his pasture.

Although he also had to take a huge risk in doing so, with the abundant pastures, Damuddin was sure that his flock, cattle and horses would increase in a short period of time [three or five years].

If he can have one or two thousand sheep, hundreds of cattle and horses, wool and cheese alone can make their family harvest more than 10,000 yuan every year, not to mention leather and meat. This is a great temptation, and just thinking about it can make Damuddin completely forget about the war in the north. Otherwise, how dare he die so close to the battlefield? And he also said that many relatives and friends moved to Weiyuan Fort with them!

Fort Weiyuan is a small fortress that was only started in the spring of this year, with only one battalion of garrison, located more than 300 miles from Turinsk, and is a first-line stronghold to curb the southward sweep of the Russian cavalry.

The terrain here is not precipitous, but since the military was able to build a fort in this place, it is conceivable that the terrain here is still conducive to defense. But beyond the castle, a river flows, and where the clear stream passes, it enters the Shiliangtian pasture.

Damuddin's family lives a prosperous life near Weiyuan Fort, and some of his relatives and friends are also near Weiyuan Fort, but they are a little far away from each other.

It snows in August, and this winter is coming soon. Damudin and they take the nomadic route, so they can't have silage, but they still have to stock up on forage. Fortunately, their current 'territory' is really large, the northern part of the North Caucasus is plains, but beyond these plains, there are hills and mountains, not to mention the steppes on the Black Sea in the west. There are places to hide from the wind and snow.

For ordinary herdsmen like Damudin, such a life is really beautiful, the only regret is that they can't live in a house, can't eat grain, rice and vegetables, and can't burn a warm kang.

It would be nice if there was a kang in the yurt that could be moved at any time and anywhere, just as Damuddin was thinking about it, there was a gentle vibration from the ground, and the herd of livestock grazing became uneasy, and after a while, the amplitude of the ground vibration became larger and larger, and a puff of smoke and dust rose from a distance.

Damuddin's face changed drastically, he was a veteran with battlefield experience, and with a whistle from his mouth, a yellow-labeled horse galloped over from the grass. Damuddin and his son Deliger have already ridden on horseback, and Deliger has an extra empty horse by his side, one man and two horses, which is the standard configuration of Damudin and Deliger father and son.

Damuddin glanced at the west again, but unfortunately he didn't have a telescope in his hand, and he ran home with his son with a 'driving' sound.

They didn't know if it was Chen Han's cavalry or the Russians' cavalry, but safety came first. I don't even want slaves. These people have shackles on their feet and no food in their hands, so they won't take the opportunity to escape.

If it was Chen Han's army, these slaves would not be able to escape; If it's Russians, then they're out of luck.

When Damuddin and his son first encountered the cavalry, they did not know whose family the cavalry was, but after the family left the yurt where their family lived some distance, they suddenly found black smoke rising from their original camp, and they already knew it in their hearts. This will definitely not be the cavalry of the Chinese, but the Russians.

Because the Chinese cavalry will not set fire to his yurt, only the Russians do this kind of thing.

Damuddin scolded hatefully in his mouth: "Damn barbarian." ”

"Deliger, quick, go to Fort Weiyuan and report, a large group of Russian barbarians are coming." For the 'barbaric and vulgar' Russia, the Mongols can also scold them as barbarians. Damuddin's eyes were full of deep hatred, and there would naturally be compensation for this wave of damage, but if they wanted to receive compensation, they had to survive the current calamity first.

Deliger's fast horse traveled for about half an hour, and a castle had appeared in front of him, the castle was not big, only a hundred acres in size, and the perimeter was in the shape of a ling, but the walls were all cast with reinforced concrete, which was extremely strong, about two zhang and five feet high, and the artillery fort was more than three zhang high, as long as the front and rear city gates were closed, even if it was ten times the number of men and horses, it was difficult to capture it in a short time.

Fortunately, there is cement, otherwise it would not have been possible to build it in two months with stone alone. It is also impossible to build more than 20 fortresses, large and small, in the rivers and mountains of the North Caucasus in just one year.

Seeing the castle, Deliger shouted: "Lao Maozi is here, Lao Maozi is here......" This idiom from Chen Ming's mouth has long been synonymous with Russians in the northern border area.

Deliger's shouts alarmed the defenders inside the castle, and the second lieutenant officer at the city gate soon came to Deliger's side, one of the defenders grabbed Deliger's horse's head, and the officer asked: "Where are the Russians, how many are they?" ”

"That's a lot, at least two regiments." Deliger and his father Damuddin are not scouts, and they don't think they can become qualified scouts, and Deliger, who has not really seen the face of a Russian, chose the number estimated by his ears on the ground and listening to the vibrations.

The questioning defender frowned, "Two regiments are not a small number. "According to the structure of the Russian cavalry regiment, there are more than 1,000 people, and it is very deterrent to put it in the wild. However, the officers quickly made arrangements and sent a warning signal to remind the surrounding herdsmen to return to Weiyuan Fort to take refuge, and to prepare for battle. Then he had one of his soldiers accompany Deliger to meet the battalion officer at Fort Weiyuan.

The defenders of Weiyuan Fort had a total of 560 people, in addition to the main force of the four teams, there was also a logistics team of 70 or 80 people, and the battalion headquarters had a full platoon of guards, plus staff officers, instructors, doctors, nurses, engineers, cavalrymen, balloon soldiers, etc., a total of 560 people. But relying on the fortifications of Weiyuan Fort, there are 10,000 people who will come to attack, and they can withstand it for several months.

The lethality of rockets, shotguns, and grenades is no joke, and with a moat around the perimeter of Fort Weiyuan, this defensive point is small but strong, and no matter how powerful an enemy is, it can't be smashed to pieces with a single blow.

In general, the cavalry was very weak in attacking fortifications.

The garrison of a team of troops, if well prepared, can easily withstand the impact of several times the cavalry. The North Caucasus has been wiped out by the scourge of Chen Han, more than ninety percent of the land has become empty, and more than ninety percent of the population has been expelled by Chen Han. At least Chen Han was really 'expelled', as for how they themselves became slaves of the Seven Khanates and the Persians, that can only be asked themselves.

Therefore, the North Caucasus is only suitable for cavalry battles, and a large number of army offensive battles are too costly to fight. Hundreds of miles, thousands of miles of transportation distances will drink too much blood of the attacking side, and in the current era of war, where logistics are becoming more and more important, neither China nor Russia will ignore the Volga River and send troops to fight in the North Caucasus.

And for a small group of cavalry troops, to be honest, the strength of a team can resist, and there is a battalion of troops in Weiyuan Fort, plus a strong city, not to mention two regiments of Russian cavalry, even two brigades of Russian cavalry, and the battalion officers don't care.

However, the news needs to be sent to the rear urgently.

When Deliger walked out of the battalion headquarters, there was a sound of "bell, bell" in the castle, which was the alarm sound in the fort, and the defenders in the fort were already gathering, and a platoon of troops was gathered not far in front of Deliger, which was the guard platoon of the battalion headquarters.

Although the alarm was received, the defenders did not look nervous.

These castles were spread over the vast North Caucasus, far away from Chen Han's main army, and when these soldiers were assigned to guard, they were psychologically prepared to die. Because after they are surrounded, there will almost certainly be no troops to come to the rescue.

Thankfully, the castle was built without being harassed by the enemy, and really, that was enough.

Now that the castle has been built for several months, Lao Maozi is finally here, so let's fight. If you die, your family can get more death benefits, your son can still be taken care of when he goes to school, and his brother can be taken care of if he is looking for a job, which is enough.

When they joined the army, they didn't come for pay, they died on the battlefield, they died a well-deserved death.

But the defender of Weiyuan Fort could not think like the soldiers, he had to resist the enemy's attack as much as possible, and hold the castle as much as possible. It is the duty of the soldiers to die for their country and to fight to the death; And it is also the duty of the battalion officer to defend the castle as much as possible and block the way of the Russians.

By the time the battalion officer reached the top of the city, he could already faintly see the wriggling black line of the northwest defense line. The observers on the hot air balloon reported that the Russians had about three cavalry regiments, which was not a big threat to Fort Weiyuan, and the only thing to worry about was whether the Russians had enough artillery.

It is very difficult for the cavalry troops to get the castle without artillery, not to mention that they only have less than 3,000 people, and without enough artillery, even 30,000 people are not terrible.

The news soon spread throughout Weiyuan Castle, and the tense atmosphere in the castle eased a lot. Three cavalry regiments, which pose no threat to Fort Weiyuan.

Deliger is a very filial person, although he is anxious to see his father, but it is impossible for the current Weiyuan Fort to open the city gate and put him down.

Now Deliger is a logistics staff member in the fort, and he feels that he must be safer than his family outside.

And perhaps Damudin sent Deliger to Weiyuan Fort, which also has such a meaning.